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Manipur women take up the cudgels against drug, alcohol abuse among youthsp
The Hindu | Iboyaima Laithangbam, 14 June 2011
Concerned over burgeoning drug abuse, alcoholism and consumption of other intoxicating substances by youths, women vigilantes have taken up the cudgels once again by taking out kerosene torchlight demonstrations at night to create public awareness.
The fresh campaign was propelled by a recent seizure of intoxicating Ephedrine tablets worth over Rs. 350 crore by the Delhi Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau in Imphal. These were being transported to Myanmar for onward journey to China.
The insurgents of the Revolutionary People's Front had closed down all foreign liquor shops and bonded warehouses from January 1, 1995.
Left with no alternative, the State Government declared Manipur a dry State. However, the only difference seen now is that prices of country liquor and “Indian-made foreign liquor” have become higher. But people continue to get all brands of liquor everywhere.
Assam and Meghalaya are not dry States and reports say truckloads of Indian-made foreign liquor bottles are brought to Manipur almost daily. Volunteers of the All Manipur Anti-Drug Association and the Coalition Against Drug Abuse have been rounding up drug sellers, bootleggers and seizing contraband items that are periodically incinerated at public places.
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